David Sobie
CEO
at Happy Returns
David Sobie is the co-founder and CEO of Happy Returns in Santa Monica, CA.
Happy Returns was founded in 2015 and pioneered box-free returns for e-commerce retailers,
speeding customer refunds and reducing return shipping costs. The company was acquired by
PayPal in 2021. After a period of exponential growth, UPS acquired the company in 2023.
Happy Returns now operates as a subsidiary of UPS, accepting millions of returns each month on behalf
of thousands of retailers, at a network of over 8,000 Return Bar locations around the country.
Prior to co-founding Happy Returns, David served as the Chief Marketing Officer of REVOLVE
and the SVP of Marketing & Business Development for HauteLook, a Nordstrom company.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Content & Articles by David Sobie
2026 SF Tech Week Day 2: Recap of Mucker Sessions
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2026 SF Tech Week Day 1: Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital hosted two days of programming during SF Tech Week, with two sessions each day. Day 1 covered a live vibe-coding session where four builders attacked the same product...
Most Startup Content Is Invisible: Here’s How to Fix It
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Irina Maltseva, founder of Seen, to share how early-stage B2B SaaS companies get found on Google and inside LLMs. She has spent...
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In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...
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How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...